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Has my Fitbit become less accurate over time?

Mouse_Potato
Mouse_Potato Posts: 1,510 Member
edited November 2021 in Social Groups
I've been wearing a Fitbit for about 6.5 years now. I've been wearing this particular Fitbit (Charge HR 2) for I guess about four years. Lately, I feel like it's been inflating my calories burned. At first I thought maybe it's because I'm lifting heavier weights, working out more intensely, etc., but I also stopped losing weight when I should be at a pretty good deficit. Is it time to buy a new device?

For example, I'm 5'3" and about 118 pounds. Female and 47 years old. So far today I've taken 15,297 steps and Fitbit says I've burned 1789 calories. It's not quite 3:00 PM my time.

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  • BanerjeeAditi
    BanerjeeAditi Posts: 1 Member
    I have the same problem!!! It shows way too many calories lost.
  • Mouse_Potato
    Mouse_Potato Posts: 1,510 Member
    Thanks for replying! I have compared my numbers with months when I was losing and they appear to be about the same. It just seemed like they were too high because I got rid of a very high calorie "treat" I used to consume. Now I am wondering if I wasn't overestimating the calories I was consuming before. That would have created an invisible buffer. Maybe...?

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